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RIP
WILLIAMS VS RICHARD GRIFFIN IN PERRIS AUTO
SPEEDWAY FANS BEST SPRINT CAR DRIVER
CHALLENGE
By Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, May 26, 2020) When
the finals of the “Perris Auto Speedway
Fan’s Best Sprint Car Driver Challenge
Poll” opens on Wednesday, May 27, it will
be just like old times as “The Gasman”
Richard Griffin and Rip Williams will vie
for the title. In the first seven years of
the track’s history, Williams, and
Griffin, who are now both members of the
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, were the
two biggest heroes at the Riverside County
half-mile clay oval.
Rip Williams.
Perris Auto Speedway Photo.
"The Gasman"
Richard Griffin. Perris Auto Speedway
photo.
The poll,
which has proven to be popular with fans
during the Covid19 crisis, matched the
eight winningest sprint car drivers in the
tracks first 24 seasons. To get to the
final, both Williams and Griffin had to
win two preliminary rounds. Griffin
narrowly beat Damion Gardner in a round
one matchup by taking 53% of the votes to
Gardner’s 47%. Williams's preliminary
round one win saw him capture 73% of the
votes to Mike Kirby’s 27%.
In the
semifinals, Griffin was matched up against
Cory Kruseman and he again narrowly
prevailed with a 52% count from the voters
to Kruseman’s 48%. The closest race of the
entire contest so far came the semifinal
that matched Williams against Mike
Spencer. 931 ballots were cast, and the
lead seesawed back in forth before
Williams edged Spencer 51% to 49%! That
worked out to only 13 more votes (472 for
Williams to Spencer’s 459).
Voting for the
final will begin at 4:00 P.M. Pacific on
Wednesday, May 27th and will conclude at
4:00 P.M. on Saturday, May 30th.
Interested fans can vote by going to the
poll on the Perris Auto Speedway Facebook
page and scrolling down to the poll which
will be near the top.
Round #1
Cory Kruseman
62% (139) over Rickie Gaunt 38% (87)
Richard
Griffin 53% (134) over Damion Gardner 47%
(118)
Rip Williams
74% (171) over Mike Kirby 27% (73)
Mike Spencer
60% (146) over Tony Jones 40% (98)
Semifinal #1
Richard
Griffin 52% (63) over Cory Kruseman 48%
(58)
Semifinal #2
Rip Williams
51% (472) over Mike Spencer 49% (459)
Final
Rip Williams
vs Richard Griffin
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Perris Auto
Speedway is conveniently located on the
SoCal Fair and Event Center (home of
October’s Southern California Fair),
approximately one-hour east of Los Angeles
and one-hour North of San Diego. To get to
the track, take the 215 freeway, on the
Ramona Expressway and go three miles east
to the fairgrounds. For directions on
MapQuest, the address to enter is: 18700
Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is
92571.
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2019 season. Ahern
Equipment Rentals, All Coast Construction,
Battery Systems, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire
Pro, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris,
Communication Innovations, Daytona Boat &
RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof
Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD Industries,
Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living
Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part,
Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola, Pole
Position, PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt &
Supply, Rugged Radios, Shaver Specialties,
Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels, Trench
Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner Construction
and Vista Paint.
Video and DVD
productions of all racing sprint cars
events at Perris Auto Speedway are
available from Loudpedal Productions. For
more information on these productions you
can contact them by calling (805)
844-3854, E-mailing
mailto:trtruex@gmail.com or you can visit
the website LoudPedal Productions.
DVD’s of all
the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of
Destruction at The PAS are available from
Fourvideos. For more information call
(714) 225-9500.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue
official media news released from The
Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
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